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**Tense affixes come between the root verb and the negative affix | **Tense affixes come between the root verb and the negative affix | ||
== | ==Common Usage== | ||
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===Numbers=== | |||
The '''numeral system''' used is Duodecimal (base 12). When using Arabic numerals, please note the following: | |||
*Numbers 0 - 9 are shown as normal | |||
*Number ten is shown as 'A' | |||
*Number eleven is shown as 'B' | |||
*Number twelve is shown as '10' (meaning 1 dozen and 0 units) | |||
**Continuing in this pattern, fourteen is shown as '12' (meaning 1 dozen and 2 units) | |||
===Useful phrases=== | |||
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! English !! Gapauti !! Pronunciation | ! English !! Gapauti !! Pronunciation | ||
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| Welcome || | | Welcome || Meyit || /'mejit/ | ||
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| Hello (General greeting) || | | Hello (General greeting) || Xeze || /'xeze/ | ||
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| How are you? || | | How are you? || Ti lue puyi || /ti 'lue pu'ji/ | ||
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| Reply to "how are you?" || | | Reply to "how are you?" || Tsuash, pukna || /tsu'aʃ 'pʰukna/ | ||
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| What's your name? || | | What's your name? || Shid ming ti gas ruknexe? || /ʃid miŋ ti gas ɾukˈnexe/ | ||
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| My name is ... || | | My name is ... || ... tse gas ming rukne || /tse gas miŋ ɾukˈne/ | ||
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| Where are you from? || | | Where are you from? || Ti din dzer tue? || /ti din dzeɾ 'tʰue/ | ||
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| I'm from ... || | | I'm from ... || Tse din ... tu || /tse din ... tʰu/ | ||
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| Pleased to meet you || | | Pleased to meet you || Rupe tugem || /ɾu'pe 'tʰugem/ | ||
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| Good morning (Morning greeting) || | | Good morning (Morning greeting) || Rupe tat xinsag || /ɾu'pe tat xin'sag/ | ||
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| Good afternoon (Afternoon greeting) || | | Good afternoon (Afternoon greeting) || Rupe tat kas || /ɾu'pe tat kas/ | ||
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| Good evening (Evening greeting) || | | Good evening (Evening greeting) || Rupe tat kilash || /ɾu'pe tat 'kilaʃ/ | ||
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| Goodbye (Parting phrase || | | Goodbye (Parting phrase) || Tsuash tatsuti || /tsuˈaʃ tat'sʰuti/ | ||
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| Good night || | | Good night || Rupe tat kuke || /ɾu'pe tat 'kukʰe/ | ||
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| Good luck! || | | Good luck! || | ||
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| I don't understand || | | I don't understand || | ||
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| Yes || | | Yes || Yud || /jud/ | ||
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| No || | | No || Ru || /ɾu/ | ||
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| Maybe || | | Maybe || Nu || /nu/ | ||
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| I don't know || | | I don't know || | ||
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''' | ===Swear Words=== | ||
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! Gapauti !! Pronunciation !! English !! Notes | |||
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| tie || /ti'e/ || you || pronoun, conveys annoyance, may be used with affection | |||
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| die || /di'e/ || you || pronoun, vulgar, commonly used by younger folk | |||
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| tedzii || /tedzi'i/ || you || pronoun, conveys hatred and/or disgust | |||
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| ada kuris || /a'da 'kʰuris/ || crap, damn || exclamation, "hot sand" | |||
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| renghunsadulap || /reŋhunsa'dulap/ || a foolish, awkward, or clumsy person || noun, "a cracked shell" | |||
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| kilat || /kʰi'lat/ || gross, cool (fashionable) || adjective, mild, versatile, difficult to translate | |||
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| kues mitash || /kʰu'es 'mitaʃ/ || fucking fantastic || exclamation, a vulgar way to express happiness, "rotten eyeballs" | |||
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| renghunsagad tsulengaki || /reŋ'hunsagad tsʰu'leŋakʰi/ || idiot, asshole || noun, "a cracked egg" | |||
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| tsulengaki tsalere seyyush ripeta || /tsʰu'leŋakʰi tsa'leɾe 'sejjuʃ ri'petʰa/ || fuck off || verb, "lay an egg in a fish", often shorted to 'tsulengaki tsalere' | |||
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| tsulenga renghunsagin || /tsʰu'leŋa reŋ'hunsagin/ || --- || noun, vulgar, offensive, "an egg cracker" | |||
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| tsulenga taten || /tsʰu'leŋa 'taten/ || --- || noun, vulgar, very offensive, frequently used to start a fight, "an egg eater" | |||
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===Common names=== | |||
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| Durengzash || /du'reŋzaʃ/ || ocean-power || | | Durengzash || /du'reŋzaʃ/ || ocean-power || | ||
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| Kuyi || /'kuji/ || beautiful || | | Kuyi || /'kuji/ || beautiful || | ||
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| Xulang || /'xulaŋ/ || song || | | Xulang || /'xulaŋ/ || song || | ||
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| Yaa || /ja'a/ || fire || | |||
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| Zae || /'zae/ || good one || "good" + (Adj > N) suffix | | Zae || /'zae/ || good one || "good" + (Adj > N) suffix | ||
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| Shiy || /ʃij/ || strong || | | Shiy || /ʃij/ || strong || | ||
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| | | Atad || /a'tad/ || famous one || "well" + "know" + (V > Adj) suffix | ||
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| Ebu || /e'bu/ || flower || | | Ebu || /e'bu/ || flower || | ||
|} | |} | ||
===See also=== | ===See also=== | ||